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BOSTON — Jose Alvarado never got far enough ahead of himself to think about playing for his hometown team. A four-star recruit out of Christ the King who went undrafted after four seasons at Georgia Tech, Alvarado was more concerned with whether or not he’d have an NBA career at all. His journey led him to the New Orleans Pelicans on a two-way contract he eventually turned into a guaranteed deal. And in the latest wrinkle of a journey setting up to have a storybook ending, after four-and-a-half seasons with the only NBA team he’s ever known, the Brooklyn-born Alvarado has come home. Grand Theft Auto Five is coming to Madison Square Garden — and the acquisition couldn’t have come at a better time. The Knicks made a series of trades ahead of last Thursday’s NBA Trade Deadline , first moving off of the ill-fitting Guerschon Yabusele (and his contract) in a deal with the Chicago Bulls for swingman Dalen Terry, then flipping Terry with a pair of second-round picks to the Pelicans for Alva...

Cops have arrested the driver who fatally struck a 62-year-old man crossing the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, officials said Saturday. Robert Blakney was taken into custody following the crash that occurred at 5 a.m. Friday near E. 233rd St. in Woodlawn, where the highway wends its way through Van Cortlandt Park . Blakney was busted after authorities learned he didn’t have a valid driver’s license. His victim was trying to cross the southbound lanes of the expressway when Blakney’s Chevrolet Suburban rammed into him. Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News A 62-year-old old man crossing the southbound lanes of the Major Deegan Expressway, just north of the Van Cortlandt Park South exit, was fatally struck by a Chevy Suburban in the southbound lanes in the Bronx on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) The man died at the scene. His name was not immediately released. Blakney was taken to Montefiore Medical Center with minor injuries. It ...

A Manhattan judge on Friday sped up the schedule in Luigi Mangione’s state case , setting trial for June 8 after criticizing the feds for backtracking on their promise to let local prosecutors try him first for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “It appears that the federal government has reneged on their agreement to allow the state, which did most of the work in this case, to go first,” Justice Gregory Carro said, saying he would thus accelerate the proceedings before him. “This case got simpler in that it should be shorter, and it’s no longer a terrorism case, and things changed in federal court as it’s no longer a death penalty case.” Lawyers for Mangione strenuously objected to the new timeline, arguing they needed to prepare for the federal trial, which is set to begin with jury selection on Sept. 8. As he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs, Mangione lodged his own objection, yelling out to spectators seated in the gallery. “One plus one is two. This i...

Giannis Antetokounmpo appears to be staying put. For now, at least. Despite widespread speculation and considerable interest in the superstar, the Milwaukee Bucks indicated to teams that they will not move Antetokounmpo before Thursday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline, according to ESPN . The attention on Antetokounmpo now shifts to the offseason, when the Bucks can again consider trading the two-time NBA MVP. Rumors about Antetokounmpo’s future ran rampant in recent days as the 31-year-old forward reportedly expressed a willingness to be traded and the struggling Bucks explored a franchise reset. “They were never serious,” an executive whose team discussed a trade with Milwaukee told NBA insider Jake Fischer . The Knicks, Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves were all linked to an Antetokounmpo deal at different points. But after discussions stagnated, the Warriors effectively removed themselves from the Antetokounmpo sweepstakes late Wednesday night by acquiring...

The Washington Post announced widespread layoffs on Wednesday, affecting multiple parts of the newsroom, the latest round off job losses at the nearly 150-year-old newspaper. The paper’s staff was instructed to “stay home today” and told during a morning virtual meeting about “significant actions,” including shutting down almost the entire Sports section, closing the Books section, canceling its flagship Post Reports political podcast, slashing international reporting, “restructuring” the Metro desk and “significantly [reducing] the number of editors. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, Caroline O’Donovan, a reporter covering Amazon, was laid off . Editor-in-chief Matt Murray said the layoffs are part of a “broad strategic reset.” Roughly 33% of the paper’s staff is being cut, according to reports. One employee told The Guardian that the newsroom had been on edge for weeks before Wednesday’s mornings announcement. “It’s an absolute bloodbath,” the employee said. “The ...

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A dog broke free from its owner in a lower Manahttan subway station Monday morning, jumped onto the tracks and died when it made contact with the electrified third rail, police said. The dog, a chow chow named Meatball, died in front of horrified morning commuters waching helplessly from the uptown platform at the Bowling Green station about 9:40 a.m., cops said. The dog somehow got loose from its owner before making its fateful leap onto the tracks. from New York Daily News https://ift.tt/mRq8uld via IFTTT